Former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has been recruited by Lotus for its "Advisory Council," a trio of wizened auto execs who will tell Lotus and Malaysian parent Proton how to keep it real. »9/27/10 2:00pm 9/27/10 2:00pm

78-year-old Bob Lutz retired from General Motors May 1st. Before that he was largely responsible for the Dodge Viper and for flying jets. Here's how he's spending his retirement. He's still way cooler than you. (Thanks Curtis!) »6/08/10 7:00pm 6/08/10 7:00pm

"[T]he thrill of high performance driving is unmatched by anything that doesn't have rear-wheel drive, bags of torque and a nice transmission." That's why "Maximum" Bob Lutz thinks the Holden Commodore could bring the U.S. a "four-door Corvette." »1/14/10 8:30am 1/14/10 8:30am

Following GM's morning expectations-management conference, product czar "Maximum" Bob Lutz answered questions about how the future of GM vehicles would be impacted by the announcements. In particular, we were wondering how the General planned to respond to Ford's Eco-Boost turbo four (and in what form that response… »7/15/08 11:20am 7/15/08 11:20am

General Motors is lobbying for a $7,000 tax credit for buyers of the $30,000$40,0002011 Chevy Volt — more than double that originally offered for Prius buyers. The automaker's arguing the credit should be based on battery capacity. "What we favor is actually a sliding scale depending on how much battery you have on… »6/23/08 10:40am 6/23/08 10:40am

Don't worry, don't worry, this isn't real. Somebody at GM let Vice Chairman Bob Lutz loose with a pack of Crayolas and this is the result, a fictional Michigan State Police edition of the 2009 Corvette ZR1. Or, as it's known internally, the Hot Wheels car Maximum Bob would most like to take to bed with him tonight.… »1/29/08 3:30pm 1/29/08 3:30pm

It looks as though Maximum Bob Lutz has confirmed to Australian website GoAuto that a four door truck concept based on the Zeta platform will be appearing at the New York Auto Show as a GMC. While we can't be sure this is the precursor to the new El Camino we keep asking about, what we're picturing in our head is… »1/22/08 5:45pm 1/22/08 5:45pm

Speaking at the Detroit Auto Show, Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman of GM, said, "This is going to be a net average of cost of $6,000 per vehicle which will have to be passed onto the consumer. The good news is it won't come all at once, because 35 mpg doesn't kick in all at once." Lutz goes on to claim that the average… »1/14/08 3:30pm 1/14/08 3:30pm